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Acknowledgementsessay 2004 • Edwards, Carolyn P. & Whiting, Beatrice Blyth
Gikuyu • Africa > Eastern Africa
This document contains the opening pages of an edited volume decribing aspects of child development and community life in a Kikuyu Kenyan vilage called Ngecha....Background and contextsessay 2004 • Edwards, Carolyn P. & Whiting, Beatrice Blyth
Gikuyu • Africa > Eastern Africa
This document introduces a Kenyan village called Ngecha. It describes the physical geography, demography and other aspects of village life by way of setting the background and context for subsequent chapters of an edited volume exploring critical cul...The university as gateway to a complex worldessay 2004 • Edwards, Carolyn P. et al.
Gikuyu • Africa > Eastern Africa
This document discusses the attitudes of educated Kenyan youth conerning family roles and obligations. Based on surveys administered to a group of 19 Gikuyu-speaking University of Nairobi students, the document identifies some critical dilemmas the y...The village and its familiesessay 2004 • Whiting, Beatrice Blyth et al.
Gikuyu • Africa > Eastern Africa
This document is a chapter from an edited volume decribing aspects of child development and community life in a Kikuyu Kenyan vilage called Ngecha. Specif focus of this document includes gender roles and family dynamics as reflected in the lived expe...The historical stageessay 2004 • Whiting, Beatrice Blyth et al.
Gikuyu • Africa > Eastern Africa
This document reconstructs history of a Kenyan village called Ngecha. It describes changes in community organization, economic activities and acess to education and markets by way of setting the historical setting for subsequent chapters of an edited...